A Literary and Cultural Archive
Speak Your Roots
Documenting and conserving the language, literature, culture and history of the Khasi-Pnar community of Meghalaya, India.
Stories, poems, phrases, folktales, history and culture of the Khasi-Pnar community of Meghalaya, India.
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Poetry
The call of poetry is a call that many respond to especially when it comes to our stories, teachings and Mother nature. Experiences enrich our understanding of life within culture and heritage, leading the way to creating living structures of thought and emotion in poetry.
Phrases
Phrases
Khasi phrases express a characteristic worldview which is simultaneously entertaining and didactic. They teach important lessons about life and how to be a better individual. It is fun to learn and understand the meaning behind Khasi phrases, which broaden the scope of the language and deepen its meaning.
Folktales
Folktales & More...
Folktales are at the heart of the Khasi oral tradition embodying belief, values, myth, history and landscape. The sacred and the tragic, the real and the supernatural come to life through the rich imagination of a community wrapped within the journey of hills and mist and tested by the purity of memory and inheritance.
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Ngan pynriewspah їa ka ktien jong nga!
Khublei Shibun Bah Heh Bart ba phi la pynsngew ïa ka symboh pyrkhat kaba dei shisha ha kane ka por. Ka ktien ka thylliej ka donkam ïa ngi...
Read MoreKheiñkor ïa la ka bam na la ka jong ka rympeishuwa ba ngin jlaw nguid ïa ka jong u wei u ar.Putet, ka bam ruh kum ka ktien ka dei ka tusbirïa ka tynrai longrynïeng jong ngi kum ka jaitbynriew.
— Rangkitbok C Dikrud
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